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On Martin Luther King Jr. Day I was helping out at the MLK event in Lansing Michigan for an audio company. One of the task was to find and mic up “lady in the wheel chair”. Hold on, I am not trying to be disrespectful. When I am working, most of the time I don’t necessarily know “who’s who”. More importantly, do the job and do it well, everyone is treated as equally important. So I did. When “lady in the wheelchair” got on stage, they played an intro video on the screen with the following photograph –

I remember seeing that photo before. I thought: “Wait a minute! This is Diane Nash, the Freedom Rider. That’s awesome.”

Diane Nash is a formidable strategist and leader who served as a primary architect of the nonviolent civil rights movement. As a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), she famously led the Nashville sit-ins. She took over the coordination of the 1961 Freedom Rides when they were nearly halted by white supremacist violence.

She insisted that “the movement must not be stopped by hit-and-run tactics.” Her fearless confrontational style was evident, including a public face-off with Nashville’s mayor. Her pivotal role in the Selma Voting Rights Movement further cemented her legacy. She remains one of the most effective and courageous organizers in American history.

City Of Muskegon Commission Intro Video 2021-2025. Music Credit: Get Away by Keith Thomas.

Since the City Commission’s intro video has been updated per client request, let’s go behind the scenes to revisit the original; while these intros are usually fast and “flashy,” slowing this one down allows us to appreciate the subtle details you might have missed before.

Sometimes I get to go to some pretty cool places, and a lot of times its to places with a sign outside that says “No Admittance”. In this case it’s the plenum under the historical Frauenthal Center. In architecture, a plenum is a space within a building, often located between the structural ceiling and a dropped ceiling, or under a raised floor, that facilitates air circulation for HVAC systems. Specifically, in this case, the giant cold air return space under the seats. Touching the original floor from 1929, laying on the floor before there’s a floor.

October 11th 2024, Muskegon, Michigan. Several months ago I didn’t see anything when there was supposed to be northern lights, but I was able to capture some images this time around. It wasn’t quite visible with our own eyes at this location, perhaps its the light pollution, but now I know what to look for – “a faint colored haze”. But with the help of long exposure of a camera I can help it to achieve its full potential.

As part of the audio crew for this concert at Jackson, Michigan, let’s take a look at some of the behind the scene photos.

The crew at the venue was wonderful to work with, same goes for the talents.

Had this idea in my head for years, this is one of the interpretations in anamorphic. Someone asked me if that’s real, yes it is.

Some still image ideas with an anamorphic lens.